Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-22
The TRAIN RjBBBRIGS.
A Conductor, the Most important
Thief in the Panhandle Robber-
les, Sill to be Caught.
The Employees Threaten a Strike to
Force the Authorities To Call q
Halt in the Mater OF arrests.
More than Half the Prisoners waive Pre-
Nmiuary HSSTinG-Sryeral E.vs
NIada Confession
THE RENGLFADER st LARGE.

PITT>BUBG, PA, April Let appears
that the most Important arrest in the
Panhandle case is Vet TO be made. a
former conductor namat C)luelIY is sup
posed TO have been the leader Of the gang
and to have gottQu away win an immense
amount of piunier. somehow or other
he cot wind sometime ago that
rsid would De made and skipped
He is now IN Kansas, but
an officer h2s been sent lfter him and it is
expected that ne viii be arrested and
brought back next week B tween
thirty and thirty-tive Of Ire rr,sted men
Will waive hearing aGd i've bond tn await
the seton of the grand jury. Tee amount
Of the bail will be fixed i, from $4,000
down, according TO 10, uUmJrT of charges
lodged against each prisoner. These viii
take tae;c continuance and their sttOT-
Ueys will Sex 60 have Ire cas-. II each
taken u by the grind jIrv IN or
DER to get into ne pr--eLt TERM of
.GoaFt. Il is understood mat t. principal
uefense of 5maGE Will Re 90 e>tq ESh an
-aEbi In speaking II the robbery to-day,
Special Agent Rue said they would be
ALE TO identify every article recovered,
however small, to tel Oy ILOm it was
Of the enGjre5r, fireman and crew Of the
train, all the pl1ces at whfcn the
car laid over, when it WIS Rr5Jbcd,
bg wacm, the hands through
whieh the stolen articles passed
and the name Of the party to Whom escn
article was consigned. We Know also,
SAID he, where an immense amount Of
plumber Is stored in this city, which we
have not yet dis uroed. but upon which
we could place our hands al any inc. We
know Of goods buried der gcOuld, by
whom buried, and when ent who viii
come and dig them up. To s. goods sre
still buried because thu thieves, VINO are
still at large, intimidHled 10y be arrests Of
others, fear u tske them away. If anv
more arres,s are to b made tn victims
will at least be 81 owed to yes. until Sion
day. Some vino are guilty sud have thus
far escaped arrest may Jliuk this g great
chance for escape, but this is impossible
since every suspect j. under close sur
yeillance.
A STRIKE THREATENED.
PTFTsBURG, PA, April I6.-An after
noon paper to-day published 9 sensation
81 item Tdich stated That the section EN-
pl0yes ca The Panhandle road had last
night considered bold and decisive
move to force the railway authorities to
some kind Of a compromise. 1t Is pro
posed to demand guarantee that no fur
ther arrests b. made, and that all the
men now employed ON the road
be Completely eXOuerated from
any cenplicjty IL the alleged
thefts. Should these guarantees not
be f6IthepmiEg the men VIII decline 70
epter agafR in the company service IN
del, the suspicious that ere resting upon
theHy until all the cases have been finally
settled. Demands will also be made
respecting certain parties under arrest,
claimed to be innocent Of the Chsrges
against them, end respecting the others,
guarantee that they will MT be kept in
Jail all summer, but that they would be
tried fmme diately. If that demand is not
compiled with strike viii be ordered
and all trGins side tracked. Twenty-fOur
hours notice will be given of the inten-
ton TO s,fTEe. Another meeting will be
held tonight o., to- morrow, when definite
action viii be decided on.
MAKING CONFESSIONS.
PIrFsBURG, Pa, ApgA l8S-It is quite
probable that no hearings VIII be held in
TIE cas- of the Panhandle robbers Mon
day. More than half the prisoners have
alEss dy waived S preliminary hearing for
cont Trial, and it is believed the others
will take the same action. This will en-
able the defendants TO get the cases be
tore she grand jury in time for the present
teHl Of court. Within the past twenty
four hours q number of prison
ers have made utessiOns TO the
setorUeys OF the railroad company,
but atf1e nature Of the disclosures
has not been given to the public. It is
claimed, however, that they tally almost
exactly with the facts learned by the
detectives in the. researches. 1t is
thought that before their tris.s come on
nearly ell the men will have admitted
their part in the robbery. A very impor-
tant arrest was made to-day. II. c.
Bpsby, who escaped from the officers at
Dennison, Ohio, Monday, by jumping
from the train, was re-csptured this
morning. He is regarded by the de
tectiVes as one of the ring leaders.